A missing 15-year-old girl and the 37-year-old male family friend she allegedly ran away with have been found in a Michigan field with self-inflicted wounds to the wrist, police have confirmed.

Emily Lalinksy and Robert Messer were taken to separate hospitals to be treated for the identical 'superficial' wounds after they were discovered in Washtenaw County, near 7 Mile and Chubbs Road in Northville on Tuesday afternoon. Messer is now in police custody pending charges.

Authorities had been searching for the missing teen since she vanished from her home in Plymouth Township on Sunday, leaving a note professing her love for the much older family friend and saying they wouldn't be coming back. The two left behind their cellphones and other belongings.

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Found: Emily Lalinksy, pictured, is staying in hospital for longer because she is pregnant - police told MailOnline - after she was found with Messer suffering from identical 'self-inflicted' wrist wounds

Desperate search: Police had been appealing to the public for help and received a number of tips that may have led them to the couple's hiding place

Earlier on Tuesday, Lieutenant Cal Lauria told
Mlive.com that police were following up leads and were growing
increasingly concerned for Lalinsky's safety.

'We believe that she is endangered,
and that's based on the ongoing investigation,' he said. 'We believe
that Mr Messer's mental state may be in question.'

Speaking to MailOnline, the teen's
siblings expressed their delight and said they were looking forward to
welcoming their sister home.

One said: 'We're all so happy, so relieved.'

They said they do not expect their
sister home tonight and that she is currently in hospital and being
interviewed by police. Robert Messer is in a separate hospital.

Earlier, former neighbor Donna Kelm
told MailOnline that she had regularly seen Lalinsky and Messer 'kissing
in his truck and holding hands.'

'I worried something like this would happen. This has been going on a long time,' she said.

'I found it upsetting. I used to take care of those girls when they were
three and five. To see him kissing her. It's not right.'

Heartbroken: Lisa Schwartz sobbed as she said she had trusted Messer, who had been a family friend for years

Explanation: They left behind a letter explaining why they had run away and apologizing to their families

Messer, a recently divorced father-of-one
who has known Lalinsky since she was a little girl, had written in a note: 'We
are in love and cannot be apart from each other.

'This is sad to us but our love, though
we've had to keep it a secret, has been the best part of both our lives.
Please be happy for us.'

Lalinksy
added to her mom, Lisa Schwartz: 'You are an amazing and wonderful mother and person. I'm so
sorry I hurt you and if there was any other way we would've done it.

'Try not to be sad and don't blame yourself, nothing could be done.'

Schwartz earlier wiped away the tears as she
said how she felt betrayed by a man who was 'like a brother to me'.

She
added that the pair, who had met at church, had never showed any signs
they had feelings for each other. She said that Messer, who is from
South Lyon, has one son and got a divorce last year.